New Zealand Industry Salary Surveys

The 2025 NZ Industry Salary Survey is OPEN

The Survey report is FREE to participating companies.

The report will provide national and specific salary data for your industry across all regions of New Zealand.

This Survey includes positions in the following disciplines:

Technical – Product Development, Packaging, Process development
Quality – QA, QC, Laboratory, Compliance, Food Safety
Health and Safety
Environmental
Supply Chain, Transport and Procurement
Operations and Production
Engineering, Maintenance and Automation
IT and Digital
Human Resources and Talent
Finance

Established in 2019, we currently release the following Salary Survey reports.

1.The New Zealand Industry Salary Survey
2.The New Zealand Supply Chain Salary Survey – in partnership with The Association for Operations and Supply Chain Professionals (NZPICS) and Advancing Manufacturing Aotearoa New Zealand (AMANZ)
3.The New Zealand Food Industry Salary Survey – in partnership with The New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology (NZIFST), The New Zealand Food and Grocery Council (NZFGC) and in partnership with Advancing Manufacturing Aotearoa New Zealand (AMANZ)

New Zealand Industry Salary Survey Reports – 2023

The latest Salary Survey reports were released in April 2023, providing data from 2018 to 2022.

The Survey reports are presented in two sections.

Section 1 – is available to view and download using this link and provides General Salary data
Section 2 – is available to participating companies free of charge or can be purchased here

Section A – General Survey Data

Base Salary – All data
Base – Salary – Standardised Group Data – All data
Base Salary – by Company Size – All data
Base Salary – by Location – All data
Kiwisaver – % Company contribution
Kiwisaver – Company contribution policy
Base Salary – Gender – All data
Benfits Summary – All data
Benefits Summary – Standardised Group Data – All data

Section B – Individual Position Data

Section B1 Technical – Quality – Compliance – Laboratory – Environmental – Health & Safety

Technical Manager

Product Development/Innovation Manager

Food/Product Development/R&D/Sensory – Technologist

Packaging Manager

Packaging – Technologist/Engineer

Quality and/or Compliance – Manager

Quality Assurance – Supervisor/Coordinator/team Leader

Quality Assurance/Food Safety – Officer/Technologist

Quality Control – Officer/Technician

Laboratory Manager

Laboratory Supervisor/Team Leader

Laboratory – Technician/Analyst

Environmental Manager

Environmental – Officer/Coordinator

Health & Safety Manager

Health & Safety – Officer/Coordinator/Advisor

Section B2 Engineering – Maintenance – Projects – Automation & Control

Process Development Manager

Process – Technologist/Engineer

Engineering Manager – Projects/Maintenance

Projects Manager

Project Engineer

Maintenance/Reliability – Manager

Reliability Engineer

Maintenance Planner

Maintenance – Team Leader/Supervisor

Maintenance Engineer – Mechanical/Electrical

Automation/Control Systems – Engineer

Section B3 Supply Chain – Planning – Logistics – Procurement – Purchasing

Head/Director of Supply Chain
Supply Chain Manager
Logistics/Supply Chain – Coordinator
Supply Chain Analyst – Demand/Inventory/Materials/Procurement/Logistics
Import/Export – Coordinator
S&OP Manager
Demand/Supply/Production Planning – Manager
Demand Planner
Supply/Production/Materials – Planner
Inventory/Materials – Manager
Inventory Controller
Distribution Centre/Operations – Manager
Logistics/Warehouse/Transport – Manager
Warehouse – Supervisor/Team/Shift – Leader
Procurement Manager
Category/Procurement – Specialist
Purchasing Manager
Purchasing – Officer/Buyer

Section B4 Operations – Manufacturing – Production – Continuous Improvement

Operations/Manufacturing/Site – Manager
Production/Plant – Manager
Production – Team Leader/Supervisor
Continuous Improvement Manager